The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an ecumenical celebration held each year from January 18 - 25. Christians around the world are invited to pray for the unity of all Christians, to reflect scripture together, to participate in ecumenical services and to share fellowship.*
*from Week of Prayer
This year, the prayers and reflections for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity were prepared by the brothers and sisters of the monastic community of Bose in northern Italy. The theme this year is "Do you believe this?" based on John 11:26.
Our guest speaker will be The Reverend Michael Blair, General Secretary of The United Church of Canada. Rev. Blair also serves as Chair for the Mission from the Margins working group of the World Council of Church's Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.
The World Council of Churches (founded in 1948) is now a family of 352 churches, representing over 580 million Christians in 120 countries, striving to respond to Jesus' prayer and manifest the unity of community, witness, and service to which all Christians are called.
We hope that you will join us as Christians all around the world pray alongside each other during this week. The service will be held this year at MacNeill Baptist Church, 1145 King St W., Hamilton, on Thursday, January 23 at 7pm.